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Developing critical thinking skills is fundamental to all learning and it is a key competence all citizens need in order to succeed in lifelong learning throughout their personal and professional lives.

The team at European Schoolnet is deeply saddened by the loss of so many lives today in the attacks which took place in Brussels. We would like to express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.

Are you interested in key competences and their assessment? Do you want to know more about European Schoolnet projects for teachers? Then join the 1st TASK workshop "TASK in progress"! The workshop will take place on 10 May 2016 from 10:00h – 17:00h, in the premises of European Schoolnet in Brussels, Rue de Trèves 61.

The European Schoolnet is delighted to have participated in the Media & Learning Conference 2016. We would like to kindly thank everyone who visited our stand to learn more about our work, projects and publications

Brussels, 11 March 2016 Our societies face many global challenges such as climate change, health, pollution, resources depletion. Science can contribute to solving them. With that aim in mind, the European Commission recently pushed forward the concept of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) to foster and facilitate research and innovation in an inclusive, societally-oriented way.

Being able to collaborate effectively is a valuable 21st century skill, yet teaching about or through collaboration remains rare in schools because of a lack of understanding of what real collaboration in an educational setting means, and because existing policy conditions do not always enable it to flourish.

Chromebooks have rapidly established themselves as a popular purchase in schools in some countries. To have a closer look at the use of Chromebooks in schools, a collaboration between European Schoolnet, Acer and Google for Education, explored the impact of Acer Chromebooks and the associated Google tools on both pedagogical and administrative processes in the classroom and school.

Are you looking for comprehensive resources on anti-bullying? ENABLE has recently published resources to provide school staff with the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to establish and lead an effective student Peer Support scheme in their schools as well as to help develop their students' social-emotional skills

Making sure that all students can benefit from technologies in class is pertinent to the 21st century school. Especially when it comes to display systems it is important that all students in the class can see clearly the content displayed, particularly if they are sitting towards the back of the class or have a visual impairment.